37. Then he will say, “Where are their gods?Where is the rock they trusted?
38. Who ate the fat from their sacrifices?Who drank the wine of their drink offering?Let those gods come to help you!Let them protect you!
39. “Now you will see that I am the one God!There is no god but me.I send life and death.I can hurt, and I can heal.No one can escape from me.
40. I raise my hand toward heaven and make this promise:As surely as I live forever,
41. I will sharpen my flashing sword.And I will take it in my hand to judge.I will punish my enemies.I will pay back those who hate me.
42. My arrows will be covered with their blood.My sword will eat their flesh.The blood will flow from those who are killed and the captives.The heads of the enemy leaders will be cut off.”
43. Be happy, nations, with his people.He will repay you for the blood of his servants.He will punish his enemies.And he will remove the sin of his land and people.
44. Moses came with Joshua son of Nun. And they spoke all the words of this song for the people to hear.
45. When Moses finished speaking these words to all Israel,
46. he said to them: “Pay attention to all the words I have said to you today. Command your children to obey carefully everything in these teachings.
47. These should not be unimportant words for you. They mean life for you! By these words you will live a long time in the land you are crossing the Jordan River to own.”
48. The Lord spoke to Moses again that same day. He said,
49. “Go up the Abarim Mountains. Go to Mount Nebo in the country of Moab. It is across from Jericho. Look at the land of Canaan. I am giving it to the Israelites to own.
50. You will die on that mountain that you climb. This is how your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor.
51. You both sinned against me at the waters of Meribah Kadesh. That is in the Desert of Zin. You did not honor me as holy there among the Israelites.